Metamatic Forums Socialising The Green Room Turn It Over! - your fave B sides...

At the behest of Signor Ivan, whip out your 7"-ers, flip 'em over, and get those turntables spinning, chums!

Ball gets rolling here with priority given to Dr. Foxx:

Besides the Asides… part one

Air Miami – See-Through Plastic / (F*** You, Tiger)

Kate Bush – Under The Ivy / (Running Up That Hill)

Danielle Dax – When I Was Young / (Where The Flies Are)

John Foxx – A Kind of Wave / (Endlessly double-pack…technically a C-Side)

John Foxx – The Lifting Sky / (Your Dress double-pack…technically a C-Side)

The Human League – You Remind Me of Gold / (Mirror Man)

Japan – A Foreign Place / (Quiet Life)

Joy Division – These Days / (Love Will Tear Us Apart)

Nik Kershaw – Dark Glasses / (I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me)

Laptop – It’s Still Rock N Roll to Me / (Nothing to Declare)

New Order – 1963 / (True Faith)

New Order – Everything’s Gone Green / (Procession)

Gary Numan - Down in the Park (Piano Version) / (I Die: You Die)

Gary Numan - On Broadway (Live) / (Remember I Was Vapour (Live))

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - 4–Neu / (Genetic Engineering)

Pet Shop Boys – One of the Crowd / Your Funny Uncle (It’s Alright)

I'll think of some others when I get a minute

Only one winner for me - "This Jungle", which was of course the B side to Europe After The Rain. Though honourable mention must go to Pet Shop Boys' "Shameless", the B side to "Go West".

Ethnic minority Irish cock rock at its finest B side to probably my favourite ever single ever Whisky in the Jar *


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AEEi8KIyCE

* yes the one that was desecrated by that gang of talentless fookwits Metallica

A WOMAN ON A STAIRWAY is the best B side ever.
The rest of you are talking b*ll*cks

Marc Almond also has done some great B sides

BROKEN HEARTED & BEAUTIFUL among them (Ruby Red, 1986)

Passionate Reply or Face to Face B sides by the Midge version of Ultravox for me.

I love them both equally and can't choose.

Brian

I'd also have to add King's Lead Hat, Paths And Angles, I Never Wanted To Begin and Waiting to that list - as they're all cracking tracks!

Rob

Hmmm.. we're not a bit biased on this forum I see!

In which case I'll offer up 3 of the best from:

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark:
The Avenue (Locomotion 12")
The Romance of the Telescope (Joan of Arc)
Navigation (Maid of Orleans)

The Human League
The World Tonight (Life On Your Own)
Tom Baker (Boys and Girls)
Kimi ni Mune Kyun (Tell Me When)

The Beatles
Rain (Paperback Writer)
I Am the Walrus (Hello, Goodbye)
Revolution (Hey Jude)

China Crisis
This Occupation (Wishful Thinking 7"!!!)
Performing Seals (Christian)
Animalistic (Black Man Ray)

Depeche Mode
Now, This Is Fun (See You)
Oberkorn (The Meaning of Love)
Work Hard (Everything Counts)

Gary Numan
Down in the Park (Piano Version) - I Die: You Die
I Sing Rain (She's Got Claws)
Asylum (Cars)

So true.

I Never wanted to begin also had an extended mix.Gothic brilliance.

Brian

And my favourite Abba B side (almost but never quite was) slightly Foxxian title.

I am the city



Brian